Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 230 324
Rank change year-on-year -140 +94 -62
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 477 684 779
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 1.39% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 1.55% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 252 303 440
10th Percentile £36,750 £47,675 £37,639
25th Percentile £49,219 £59,857 £51,530
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,038 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £90,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £58,700
% change year-on-year - +6.47% -9.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,727 44,243 76,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.97% 81.83%
Number of salaries quoted 51,045 24,911 52,533
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 22 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -120 437 £63,076 -13.00% 585
London -41 258 £71,074 -11.16% 428
Work from Home +44 239 £63,038 -3.02% 218
UK excluding London -195 175 £62,500 - 188
North of England -9 66 £63,076 -17.28% 43
North West +13 44 £85,000 +21.43% 22
South East -147 29 £40,000 -36.00% 64
East of England -8 27 £65,000 -9.72% 18
Midlands -35 24 £52,500 -23.08% 24
South West -87 22 £68,528 +14.21% 15
West Midlands -20 19 £57,500 -14.81% 14
Yorkshire -39 19 £60,850 -22.73% 20
Scotland +9 5 £85,000 +4.62% 14
East Midlands -32 5 £37,500 -50.00% 10
North East -49 3 £63,076 -23.54% 1
Wales -57 3 £65,000 +8.59% 5
Northern Ireland -70 1 - - 8

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 15 (3.14%) Confluence
3 10 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.10%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.26%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.21%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 53 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 27 (5.66%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) Moqups
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 39 (8.18%) Workfront
2 4 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.84%) Shopify
3 2 (0.42%) Fidessa
3 2 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.21%) Eikon
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.21%) RMDS
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 76 (15.93%) SaaS
2 66 (13.84%) AWS
3 53 (11.11%) iPaaS
4 52 (10.90%) Azure
5 16 (3.35%) GCP
6 15 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (3.14%) Power Platform
7 12 (2.52%) GitHub
8 10 (2.10%) Figma
8 10 (2.10%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.68%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.26%) Asana
12 5 (1.05%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.05%) Miro
13 4 (0.84%) Amazon Bedrock
13 4 (0.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 4 (0.84%) Serverless
14 3 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (13.00%) Broadband
2 30 (6.29%) HTTP
3 10 (2.10%) WAN
4 8 (1.68%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.47%) Firewall
6 6 (1.26%) LAN
7 5 (1.05%) Network Security
7 5 (1.05%) NGN
8 4 (0.84%) MPLS
8 4 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.63%) Intranet
9 3 (0.63%) WLAN
10 2 (0.42%) DNS
10 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.42%) Multicast
10 2 (0.42%) SAN
10 2 (0.42%) Skype
10 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.42%) VoIP
10 2 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (11.11%) Metadata
2 14 (2.94%) Power BI
3 5 (1.05%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.63%) Big Data
4 3 (0.63%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.63%) Tableau
5 2 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (0.42%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.21%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.21%) MySQL
6 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.21%) Redis
6 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 31 (6.50%) JIRA
2 6 (1.26%) Git
3 2 (0.42%) Claude Code
3 2 (0.42%) Selenium
4 1 (0.21%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.21%) GitLab
4 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.21%) Postman
4 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 158 (33.12%) Marketing
1 158 (33.12%) Social Skills
2 140 (29.35%) Finance
3 72 (15.09%) Banking
4 60 (12.58%) Retail
5 58 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (10.90%) Presentation Skills
7 47 (9.85%) Influencing Skills
7 47 (9.85%) Law
8 45 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (6.50%) Public Sector
10 28 (5.87%) Legal
11 21 (4.40%) Back Office
12 18 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.94%) Italian Language
13 14 (2.94%) Retail Banking
14 13 (2.73%) Manufacturing
15 11 (2.31%) German Language
16 10 (2.10%) Telecoms
17 9 (1.89%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 150 (31.45%) Product Manager
2 76 (15.93%) Product Owner
3 69 (14.47%) Senior
4 63 (13.21%) Lead
5 42 (8.81%) Senior Manager
6 39 (8.18%) Senior Product Manager
7 38 (7.97%) Software Engineer
8 31 (6.50%) Development Engineer
9 30 (6.29%) Software Development Engineer
10 24 (5.03%) Lead Software Engineer
11 20 (4.19%) Developer
12 18 (3.77%) Consultant
13 16 (3.35%) Product Lead
14 15 (3.14%) Business Consultant
14 15 (3.14%) Platform Manager
15 14 (2.94%) Business Development Consultant
15 14 (2.94%) Development Consultant
16 12 (2.52%) AWS Developer
16 12 (2.52%) Azure Developer
16 12 (2.52%) Cloud Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.92%) REST
2 6 (1.26%) CSS
2 6 (1.26%) HTML
2 6 (1.26%) LangChain
3 4 (0.84%) LangGraph
3 4 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.84%) PyTorch
3 4 (0.84%) Spring
3 4 (0.84%) Spring Boot
3 4 (0.84%) TensorFlow
4 3 (0.63%) .NET
4 3 (0.63%) React
5 2 (0.42%) CrewAI
5 2 (0.42%) FHIR
5 2 (0.42%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (0.42%) LlamaIndex
5 2 (0.42%) Pandas
5 2 (0.42%) Plotly
5 2 (0.42%) Seaborn
5 2 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 169 (35.43%) Product Ownership
2 63 (13.21%) Social Media
3 54 (11.32%) Marketing Technology
3 54 (11.32%) Over-the-Top Content
4 36 (7.55%) Cloud Native
5 31 (6.50%) Public Cloud
6 18 (3.77%) Onboarding
7 15 (3.14%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.52%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.52%) Web Conferencing
10 11 (2.31%) Enterprise Cloud
11 10 (2.10%) Educational Technology
12 8 (1.68%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.47%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (1.26%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.89%) Linux
2 8 (1.68%) Windows
3 2 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.21%) CentOS
4 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.21%) Unix
4 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (62.89%) Roadmaps
2 215 (45.07%) Agile
3 143 (29.98%) Product Roadmap
4 126 (26.42%) Product Vision
5 109 (22.85%) Decision-Making
6 102 (21.38%) AI
7 100 (20.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 97 (20.34%) User Stories
9 89 (18.66%) Stakeholder Management
10 88 (18.45%) Customer Experience
11 87 (18.24%) Product Backlog
12 77 (16.14%) Product Requirements
13 75 (15.72%) Sprint Planning
14 72 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
15 71 (14.88%) Software Engineering
16 68 (14.26%) User Experience
16 68 (14.26%) Workflow
17 66 (13.84%) Mentoring
18 65 (13.63%) Matrix Organization
19 64 (13.42%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 39 (8.18%) Java
2 21 (4.40%) Python
3 12 (2.52%) SQL
4 11 (2.31%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.26%) Bicep
6 3 (0.63%) Bash
6 3 (0.63%) C#
6 3 (0.63%) C++
6 3 (0.63%) MATLAB
6 3 (0.63%) PHP
6 3 (0.63%) R
6 3 (0.63%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.42%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.21%) C
8 1 (0.21%) Perl
Qualifications
1 76 (15.93%) Degree
2 10 (2.10%) Security Cleared
3 9 (1.89%) HND
4 8 (1.68%) HNC
4 8 (1.68%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.47%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.05%) CSPO
6 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.84%) CCNA
7 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.84%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.63%) CISSP
8 3 (0.63%) MBA
8 3 (0.63%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.63%) PMP
9 2 (0.42%) ACCA
9 2 (0.42%) Dell Certification
9 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.03%) QA
2 19 (3.98%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.10%) GDPR
4 5 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.84%) PERC
5 4 (0.84%) SLA
6 3 (0.63%) PMO
7 2 (0.42%) DICOM
7 2 (0.42%) HL7
7 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.21%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (1.26%) Docker
2 4 (0.84%) Firmware
3 3 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.42%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.42%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (2.94%) Terraform
2 5 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.63%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.42%) WSUS
5 1 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.21%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.21%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 60 (12.58%) Adobe
2 48 (10.06%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.52%) Oracle
4 10 (2.10%) Cisco
4 10 (2.10%) Google
5 8 (1.68%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.05%) Fortinet
6 5 (1.05%) Juniper
7 4 (0.84%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.84%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 4 (0.84%) Toshiba
8 3 (0.63%) Aderant
8 3 (0.63%) Bloomberg
8 3 (0.63%) Facebook
8 3 (0.63%) iManage
8 3 (0.63%) Reuters
8 3 (0.63%) VMware
9 2 (0.42%) CQG
9 2 (0.42%) ION Trading
9 2 (0.42%) Red Hat